Nadia Bloom: Controversy ensues after group linked to Anthony case offers help

A group that helped search for Caylee Marie Anthony stirred up controversy by offering to help look for missing Nadia Bloom.

Sherri Milstead, who founded the Kid Finders Network with her husband Dennis, said the group has been flooded with threatening e-mails since word got out that it was willing to look for 11-year-old Nadia.

Already, Kid Finders has set up a Web site — nadiabloom.com — to publicize the girl's disappearance. It gave fliers to a police officer on Sunday for distribution, Milstead said.

Kid Finders also offered its sonar boat and an ATV for law-enforcement use, but officials haven't needed its assistance.

Milstead said Kid Finders took its boat to Lake Jesup on Saturday to conduct an unofficial search.

She said the group has been in contact with Winter Springs police but hasn't talked to the Bloom family.

Kid Finders put the Web site up as a public service, Milstead said, and they'll hand the page over to the Bloom family if they'd rather control it.

Milstead said some people have complained that Kid Finders should take the site down.

"I'm not using her name. We're not asking for a dime," Milstead said in response to critics. "We have it out there for public knowledge that this little girl is missing."

The Web site shows several pictures of Nadia and gives basic facts about her disappearance. It directs people to call the Florida Department of Law Enforcement or Winter Springs police.

"We're a public service. That's what we do." Milstead said.

The Milsteads and Kid Finders received harsh criticism since featuring Caylee Anthony's photo on one of the group's mobile billboards. The group was accused of being crooked and having a hidden agenda — claims the Milsteads said were untrue.

The Milsteads have maintained a friendship with Caylee's grandparents, George and Cindy Anthony, since the 2-year-old was reported missing in the summer of 2008.

And the Anthonys' desire to help look for Nadia this weekend has also proved controversial — at least for some bloggers.

Brad Conway, attorney for George and Cindy Anthony, said Monday the Anthonys want help the Bloom family however they can.

Conway said he didn't know if the Anthonys had talked to the Blooms but said George Anthony went out on the Kid Finders boat over the weekend to join the search for Nadia.

"The biggest concern that they have . . . they don't want to generate negative publicity," Conway said. "They don't want it to be a story about George and Cindy Anthony lending a hand. They don't want to take any publicity away from the fact that the child is missing."